Happy with what? Yes, Sanchez threw a nice touchdown strike to Santonio Holmes against the Giants first-team defense in the second quarter, which is one more scoring pass than counterpart Eli Manning has had all preseason.

But that pass lifted Sanchez’s yards per throw in this game from 1.3 to 2.7. It came after Sanchez plunked Holmes in the back of his helmet with one throw, and heaved another over the head of new 6-6 target Plaxico Burress.

This is a good time to insert the usual disclaimer about never reading too much into August football. The Jets kept it simple and were dealing with a disrupted schedule from the hurricane.

Still, this was the last time — and the only time — Sanchez has been on the field this summer with his all his new weapons. And the new-and-improved offense looked a lot like the 2010 version, one that repeatedly needed the defense to keep it in games.

Not that the Jets admitted this. Sanchez praised his unit for “showing more patience.” Of course, fans needed that patience, too, since the first time Sanchez passed for a first down came late in the second quarter, when he hit Dustin Keller on a fourth-and-one for about 13 inches.

The Giants outgained the Jets 224-73 in the first half, a discrepancy Ryan himself called “ridiculous.” Sanchez left the game in the third quarter after completing 8 of his 16 passes for 64 yards.

It’s a good thing the Snoopy on top of that trophy had his helmet pulled down over his eyes, because this wasn’t pretty.

“It was a slow start, but I was proud of the way the offense weathered the storm,” Sanchez said.

“It’s a great offense. We’re not turning the ball over, other than the ball slipping out of my hands like an idiot. That should never happen. Other than that, I think we did well. We took care of the football and did great in the red zone.”

Maybe it wouldn’t be so glaring if it weren’t for the bold talk all summer. The Jets were supposed to “go out and score 28, 30 points a week,” according to Burress, who was supposed to add “a different dimension to this offense,” to borrow the words of LaDainian Tomlinson.

Tomlinson talked like the Jets were going to be the Joe Montana 49ers. “I think we can be the top offense in the league, honestly. It’s going to take a little time to get where we want to go, being the No. 1 offense in the league. But I think we definitely have the potential.”

Well, at least the “take a little time to get where we want to go” part is accurate. The Jets looked like a team that added several key parts to their offense and haven’t had enough time to figure out how they work together — which, of course, is exactly what they are.

How long that takes will depend, ultimately, on the quarterback. Sanchez not only has to take a big step forward in his third season, he has to do it with two important new targets, Burress and Derrick Mason.

So is it telling that his three best passes of the night were to Holmes and Keller, holdovers for last season? Or is that reading into a small sample size from one lousy preseason game?

The Jets will hope that it’s the latter, but worry that it’s the former. The trophy Ryan won tonight has Snoopy on top, but it doesn’t come with a handshake from President Obama.